Sell Australia fair

Whenever I'm at the local supermarket, I always pick up whichever farming newspaper's on the stand. Yesterday, it was 'Straight Furrow' and in it I found an article by Andrew Marshall from Melbourne, titled:

Food plan draws rich Arabian investors

That caught my eye as I had been wondering about reports that rich Arabian investors had been in Southland recently, discussing the purchase of farmland with local farmers and land agents. Andrew's article began:

"Former Prime Minister Bob Hawke is leading a push to get Arabs to invest in Australian farmland as part of a long-term food security strategy for oil-rich Gulf States.
Mr Hawke, a founding member of the Australian Gulf Council (AGC) believes the combination of Saudi money and Australian farmland and farming know-how will make a good mix, and the oil-rich states are keen to buy in.
With fast growing populations, shrinking water reserves and land areas that are mostly desert, Arabian Gulf Nations such as Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates are keen to reduce their reliance on their own limited irrigated farmland or volatile import markets.
While increasing foreign ownership of Australian land and agribusiness assets has stirred concerns about long term lock-up of production for overseas profit, and implications for neighbouring landholders, overseas investment activity isn't slowing." 

You don't hear alarm-bells ringing?
You don't see in your mind's-eye, Julia Gillard and John Key gazing into each others eyes like star-crossed lovers?
Must be just me then.